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Chips Waver Near Bear Market, World Cup Hype Grows | Bloomberg Businessweek Daily 7/17/2026

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  July 17, 2026 at 21:03  |  51:54  |  Bloomberg Markets
Speakers
Mandeep Singh — Senior Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence
Tatiana Darya — Bloomberg News senior equities reporter
Seth Fiegerman — Bloomberg AI Team Leader

Summary

The episode covers a heavy sell-off in chip stocks amid fears of a second DeepSeek-like shock from Chinese AI startup Moonshot, with Bloomberg analysts parsing fundamentals versus positioning. Alphabet faces pressure from a Gemini model delay, while AlphaSense's CFO discusses a $350M funding round and the shift toward token-efficient AI. Later segments highlight Apple as a tech haven, Netflix's slowing growth, and Meta's compute-rental strategy, alongside a record-breaking World Cup viewership story for Telemundo.

  • Semiconductor index enters bear market territory on China AI fears and valuation angst.
  • Chinese AI startup Moonshot releases a premium model that may compete at the frontier, unsettling U.S. tech.
  • Alphabet shares fall after reports of a delayed Gemini 3.5 Pro launch.
  • AlphaSense closes a $350M round, highlights trend toward AI cost efficiency and token optimization.
  • Apple emerges as a safe haven in the tech selloff because it lagged on AI spending.
  • Netflix stock drops on guidance for slower revenue growth despite rising content capex.
  • Meta gains on reports it may lease compute power to Anthropic in a deal worth up to $10B.
  • Telemundo sees record World Cup ratings as nearly half of U.S. viewers watch some matches in Spanish.
Ideas
Mandeep Singh Senior Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence 9:35
Alphabet AI model delay is negative.
Alphabet's delay of its flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro AI model is a setback because hyperscalers must stay on the frontier; losing key researchers may have contributed, and it is right that the stock reflects this lag.
GOOGL MED
Tatiana Darya Bloomberg News senior equities reporter 47:21
Lagging AI makes Apple a haven.
Apple shares have been a standout this week as a haven from the tech rout precisely because its AI technology has lagged, making it immune to the AI capex overshoot that is hitting other tech names.
AAPL MED
Tatiana Darya Bloomberg News senior equities reporter 48:39
Netflix slowing sales growth is a concern.
Netflix shares dropped after forecasting a second straight quarter of slowing sales growth, with revenue growth decelerating to 11.7%—the slowest since late 2023—while capex has been steadily rising, underscoring a fundamental concern that spending is not translating into faster top-line expansion.
NFLX HIGH
Tatiana Darya Bloomberg News senior equities reporter 50:04
Meta compute rental justifies AI spend.
Meta is in early discussions to lease computing power to Anthropic in a deal that could be worth up to $10 billion, part of a new strategy to monetize its AI infrastructure spending and justify large capex outlays, which helped the stock pare losses.
META MED
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This Bloomberg Markets video, published July 17, 2026, features Mandeep Singh, Tatiana Darya discussing GOOGL, AAPL, NFLX, META. 4 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Mandeep Singh, Tatiana Darya  · Tickers: GOOGL, AAPL, NFLX, META